Pencil holder for telephone instruments



Feb. 28, 1928. 1,660,533

B. J. STEVENS PENCIL HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS File 25, 1927QTTORNEY Patented Feb. 28, 1 928. I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERTBAM I; STEVENS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO GOOD-AD,INC., A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PENCIL HOLDER FOB TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS.

Application filed April 25, 1927. Serial No. 186,845.

My invention relates to a device which is made in the form of anattachment to be applied to the common form of telephone instruments,whereby an ordinary lead pencil may be conveniently supported thereon.

Convenience in having lead penc l at hand during telephoneconversations, will be readily recognized and the main object 01% myinvention is to provide a simple form of pencil holding attachment,which can be readily attached and supported on a telephone instrument,and which supports a pencil in convenient position for use. 0

Another object of my invention is to provide an attachment of the classdescribed, which is constructed from a single blank of metal which canbe easily formed into the required shape for the purposes desired.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter from the followingdescrlption and drawings.

Referring to the drawings which are for illustrative purposes only- Fig.1 is a face view of a pencil holding attachment, embodying a form of myinvention, showing the same mounted on a telephone instrument.

Fig. 2 is a. side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan -view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is aface view of the blank used in forming the attachment and Fig. 5 is amodified form of same.

11 designates generally a form of my pencil holding attachment mountedon the stem 12 of a telephone instrument, the stem 1.2 being supportedon a base 13 and such instrument being equipped with a receiver 14 andtransmitter 15. The attachment comprises a body portion 16, having sideextensions 17 and 18, such body portion 16 and side members orextensions 17 and 18 being bent in circular form of slightly lessdiameter than the diameter of the stem 12 of the telephone instrument,the ends 19 and 20 of the extensions 17 and 18 respectively being turnedsli 'htly outwardly as shown in Fig. 3. The en 18 terminates in a rolledreceiver 21 of frusto conical shape, lar er at its upper end than itslower end and s aped to receive the sharpened end 22 of a pencil 23, tosupport the pencil therein, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

25 designates a plate which may be secured to the body portion by meansof screws, rivets or clips 26, and which plate may be used fordisplaying advertising matter thereon, although it is to be understoodthat advertising matter may be laced directly on the body portion 16 oft e attachment, if so desired.

The attachment is referably made of sheet metal from a single lilank, asshown in Fig. 4, in which the part designated by the numeral 30 isrolled to form the pencil receiver heretofore described, the metal usedbeing preferably of a nature which permits some spring to permitsuflicient frictional contact with the telephone instrument, to retainthe same thereon, at the same time permitting ready attachment andremoval there from.

'It is further to be noted that the attachment engages the stem of theinstrument slightly over half the diameter of the same, as illustratedin Fig. 3 of the drawings, thereby more firmly holding the same inplace.

In the form shown in Fig. 5 clips 26 are formed in the stampingoperation, which clips may be bent over the plate 25 to hold the same inplace.

I claim as my invention:

1. A pencil holding attachment for tele' phone instruments comprising:an integral sheet metal member, curved to engage the stem of suchinstrument and consisting of a body portion and side portions; one ofsaid side portions being extended laterally and rolled to form a hollowfrusto conical receiver shaped to receive the sharpened end of a.pencil.

2. A pencil holding attachment for telephone instruments comprising: asheet metal member, curved to engage over more than half the diameter ofthe stem of such instrument, and consistin of a stem engaging portionand a penci receiving portion shaped to protect the sharpened end of apencil.

3. A pencil holding attachment for telephone instruments comprising: asheet metal member, curved to engage the stem of such instrument andconsistin of a body portion and side portions; one 0% being extended toform a receiver adapted to receive the sharpened end of a pencil.

4. A pencil holding attachment for telephone instruments comprising: asheet metal member shaped to conform to the stem of said side portions10 1,aeo,ssa

such instrument, and a single extension formed on such member, shaped toreceive the pointed end of a pencil.

5. A blank for forming apencil 5 attachment comprising:

a strip metal, having a body portion and tions on each side of the bodypor holding of sheet side portion, one

an enlarged of said side portions havin oped frustrial

